Wednesday’s biggest gaining and declining stocks

SaumyaVaishampayan

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Shares of Groupon Inc., Lorillard Inc. and Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. made notable moves in U.S. trading on Wednesday. ExOne Co. is leading other 3D printing stocks after President Barack Obama talked up the technology in the State of the Union speech.

Gainers

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FMC Technologies Inc.
FTI, +0.13%
shares added almost 5% after the company reported fourth-quarter earnings rose to 50 cents a share from 41 cents a share a year ago.

Groupon Inc.
GRPN, -0.80%
gained 6.7% after analysts at Sterne Agee lifted the stock to buy from neutral. “We recognize that meaningful risks remain, the stock will be volatile and we may be a bit early. However, we believe the risks are well known and largely priced in,” the analysts said in a note.

Decliners

Cliffs Natural Resources
CLF, -1.33%
shares tumbled 20%. The company was downgraded to a hold rating from buy by Deutsche Bank and cut to a neutral rating from buy by Citigroup. The mining company late Tuesday said it swung to a loss in the fourth quarter as revenue slipped and slashed its dividend 76%. Cliffs Natural swings to a loss

Dean Foods Co.
DF, -0.29%
shares fell 10%. The food and beverage company said it swung to a profit in the fourth quarter but it forecast first-quarter earnings of 10 cents to 15 cents a share, well below analysts’ expectations of 30 cents a share.

Shares of Fossil Inc.
FOSL, -1.14%
are down 5.9% following two sessions of strong gains. The stock is up 13% for the year to date.

Hospira Inc.
HSP, +0.05%
shares slid 6.7% after the medical supply company revealed in a regulatory filing that it received warning letters from the Food and Drug Administration in 2010 and August 2012 following inspections of facilities in North Carolina and Costa Rica.

“Hospira has submitted comprehensive remediation plans to address the items raised in the 2010 Warning Letter and 2012 Warning Letter. The remediation plans involve commitments by Hospira to enhance its facilities, employee training, quality processes and procedures, and technology,” the company said in the filing. Hospira’s 10-K filing

Top Tickers Trending

$XONE: ExOne
XONE, -2.44%
shares rose more than 3% after President Obama anointed 3D printing as having “the potential to revolutionize” the way things are made in his State of the Union address Tuesday.

$CMCSA: Comcast
CMCSA, +0.10%
shares came off intraday highs to trade up 2.3%. The cable company said Tuesday it will gain full control of NBCUniversal from General Electric Co.
GE, -1.11%
and buy 30 Rockefeller Plaza and CNBC’s Englewood Cliffs, N.J., headquarters in a deal totaling $18.1 billion. Comcast also reported fourth-quarter earnings rose 18% to $1.52 billion, or 56 cents a share. Comcast to buy out GE’s stake in NBCUniversal

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